Despatch Operative: Fast-Paced FMCG with Career Growth

The Village Bakery Group; Despatch; On-site; ZAR 568,000 - 772,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8% Pension Contribution

21 days annual leave (Inc of Bank Hols

Refer-a-friend £250 scheme

Stream financial wellbeing access

Exclusive employee benefits/discounts

Free coffee machines

Professional development opportunities

Career development

Job summary

As a member of the Despatch team at The Village Bakery Group, you will ensure customers receive the right products, in the right quantities, and on time. You will work in a fast-paced FMCG environment, accurately picking orders, loading for dispatch, and using hand-held scanners to maintain stock accuracy while ensuring safe loading of vehicles for a smooth distribution network.

Despatch responsibilities include stock rotation and inventory control, with close collaboration with the production

Qualifications

• Forklift licence and ability to operate counterbalance or reach trucks.
• Experience in a warehouse, stores or logistics role, preferably FMCG or food manufacturing.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow procedures accurately.
• Understanding of stock rotation and basic inventory control.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.
• Physically fit for manual handling.

Responsibilities

• Picking orders accurately and efficiently.
• Loading goods into freezer/ onto wagons safely.
• Using hand-held scanners to log and track loads.
• Stock handling and storage.
• Maintaining accurate despatch records.
• Working with the production team.
• Following health and safety procedures.]
• The Village Bakery Group

Skills

Forklift Truck licence

Warehouse/logistics experience

Attention to detail

Inventory control basics

Fast-paced environment

Teamwork & communication

Manual handling fitness

Tools

Warehouse management systems

Job description

As a member of the Despatch team at The Village Bakery Group, you will ensure customers receive the right products, in the right quantities, and on time. You will work in a fast-paced FMCG environment, accurately picking orders, loading for dispatch, and using hand-held scanners to maintain stock accuracy while ensuring safe loading of vehicles for a smooth distribution network.

Despatch responsibilities include stock rotation and inventory control, with close collaboration with the production